 Make a small cross of two light strips of cedar, the arms so long as to reach to the four corners of a large thin silk handkerchief when extended ; tie the corners of the handkerchief to the extremities of the cross, so you have the body of a kite ; which,...  The Gentleman's Magazine - Page 5581752Full view - About this book
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 588 pages
...strips of cedar, the arms so long as to reach to the four corners of a large thin silk handker. chief, when extended ; tie the corners of the handkerchief to the extremities of the cross, so you have the body of a kite, which being properly accommodated with a tail, loop, and string,... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 628 pages
...strips of cedar, the arms so long as to reach to the four corners of a large thin silk handker. chief, when extended ; tie the corners of the handkerchief to the extremities of the cross, so you have the body of a kite, which being properly accommodated with a tail, loop, and string,... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - Natural history - 1821 - 592 pages
...of two light strips of cedar, the arms so long as to reach to the four corners of a large thin silk handkerchief, when extended ; tie the corners of the handkerchief to the extremities of the cross, so you have the body of a kite, which, being properly accommodated with a tail, loop, and string,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1821 - 232 pages
...two light strips of cedar, the ;u lns so long as to reach to the four corners of a large thin silk handkerchief when extended ; tie the corners of the handkerchief to the extremities of the cross, so you have the body of a kite ; which being properly accommodated with a tail, loop, and String,... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1830 - 728 pages
...two light strips of cedar ; the arms so long, as to reach to the four corners of a large thin silk handkerchief, when extended : tie the corners of the handkerchief to the extremities of the cross : so you have the body of a kite ; which being properly accommodated with a tail, loop, and string,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - Statesmen - 1837 - 552 pages
...of two light strips of cedar, the arms so long as to reach to the four corners of a large thin silk handkerchief when extended ; tie the corners of the handkerchief to the extremities of the cross, so you have the body of a kite ; which, being properly accommodated with a tail, loop, and string,... | |
 | American Philosophical Society - Learned institutions and societies - 1893 - 806 pages
...two liglit strips of cedar, the arms so long as to reach to the four corners of a large, thin silk handkerchief when extended ; tie the corners of the handkerchief to the extremities of the cross, so you have the body of the kite ; which, being properly accommodated with a tail, loop and... | |
 | Fireworks - 1839 - 230 pages
...of two light strips of cedar, the arms so long as to reach to the four corners of a large thin silk handkerchief, when extended ; tie the corners of the handkerchief to the extremities of the cross ; and you have the body of the kite, which being properly accommodated with a tail, loop, and... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Inventors - 1853 - 522 pages
...of two light strips of cedar, the arms so long as to reach to the four corners of a large thin silk handkerchief when extended ; tie the corners of the handkerchief to the extremities of the cross, so you have the body of a kite ; which being properly accommodated with a tail, loop and string,... | |
 | William John Johnston - Telegraph - 1880 - 288 pages
...cross of two light strips of cedar, the arms so long as to reach to the corners of a large thin silk handkerchief when extended , tie the corners of the handkerchief to the extremities of the cross, so you have the body of a kite, which being properly accomodated with a tail, loop and string,... | |
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